Thursday, February 23, 2012

Northern Territory – The Top End

June 21, 2008 by  
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Swaying palms, monsoon vine forests, dancing birds, crocodiles in the waterways, ancient cultures, ecologically significant areas – it sounds so exotic, it’s hard to believe we’re talking about Australia – but we are. The Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory has all of this and more. Environment One of the best things about exploring this [...]

Nitmiluk National Park – Katherine Gorge

June 19, 2008 by  
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One of the major towns in the Top End, Katherine is just 330km south of Darwin. It is a delightful town on the edge of spectacular wilderness regions and a part of the Top End not to be missed.Katherine is a bustling community of 10,000 people which services an area the size of the state [...]

Northern Territory Driving Holiday

June 15, 2008 by  
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Due to the fact that 85% of the Northern Territory’s most visited spots are accessible by sealed, all weather roads, and 85% of attractions in the NT are accessible by conventional (2 wheel drive) vehicles, campervans and caravans are familiar sight, with caravan parks plentiful and well equipped. Some attractions are only accessible by 4 [...]

Kakadu National Park

June 12, 2008 by  
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The wilderness of Kakadu National Park is a bewildering variety of distinct yet harmonious environments ranging from the rivers and billabongs of the wetlands to woodlands, forests, coastal mud flats and stone escarpment country.Nature at its BestKakadu is nature at its most dramatic. Rock escarpment towering 400 metres above dense rainforest, winding waterways and in [...]

Ayers Rock

June 11, 2008 by  
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Rising from the flat, red expanse of the landscape, Ayers Rock / Uluru and nearby Mt. Olga / Kata Tjuta appear to be the visible parts of some great submerged creature. They are the major draw card for visitors to Central Australia.Ayers Rock, aka Uluru, is situated in Kata Tjuta National Park (Uluru) and rising [...]